John menahan



J. MENAHANA Pocket Book Fastening.

No. 234,314. Patented Nov. 9, I880.

WITNESSES PETERS PHOTO 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MENAHAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKET-BOOK FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,314, dated November 9, 1880,

' Application filed September 14, 1880. (Model) T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MENAHAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket-Book Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken through the line x as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional end view taken through the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front view of the main plate. Fig. 5 is a front view of the sliding plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is 'to furnish pocket-book fastenings so constructed as to hold the pocket book securely closed, and which shall be simple in construction and conveniently opened and closed.

The invention consists in constructing a pocket-book fastening of a plate having one or more holes to receive the fastening-pin and flanges upon its side edges to receive the sliding plate, a sliding plate having one or more holes to receive the fastening-pin and slots between its holes to receive the neck of the fasteningpin, and a fastenii'lg-pin having a neck of a less diameter than its head, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the main plate, upon the side edges of which are formed points of such a length as to pass through the flap of the pocketbook, through a plate, B, placed upon the inner side of the said flap, and be bent down or clinched upon the said inner plate, B.

Upon the outer side of the side edges of the plate A are formed flanges C, to form a way to receive the sliding plate D. The sliding plate D is secured in place upon the plate A by points E, formed upon the said plate A, and which are turned down over the edges of the said plate D; or the side flanges, C, may be made with shoulders or rabbets to receive the edges of the sliding plate D, and thus keep it in place.

The longitudinal movement of the sliding plate D is limited by a point, E, formed upon the end of the plate A, and which projects into a recess or groove in the under side of the said sliding plate D.

Through the plates A B are formed one, two, or more holes to receive the end or head of the pin F, attached to the body of the pockctbook.

In the sliding plate D are formed holes corresponding with the holes of the plate A, and of sufficient size to receive the head of the pin F. In the sliding plate D, between the holes formed through it, are formed slots of sufficicnt width to allow the neck of the pin F to pass through them, but not the head of the said pin F. With this construction, when the sliding plate D is adjusted to bring its holes opposite the holes of the plate A, the flap of the pocket-book can be opened and closed, the plates A D passing on and off the pin F freely. When the plates A D have been placed upon the pin F and the plate D moved longitudinally to bring the slots of the plate D over the holes of the plate A and one of the slots of the said plate D upon the neck of the pin F, the fastening is locked, and the pocket-book can only be opened by sliding the plate D so as to bring the holes of the said plate D over the holes of the plate A.

The plates A D may have one or more holes formed through them.

The advantage of having a number of holes is, that the pocket-book can be fastened when empty and when more or less expanded by its contents. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pocket-book fastening formed of the plate A, having one or more holes formed through it, and having flanges 0 upon its side edges,

*the sliding plate D, having corresponding holes formed through it and having slots between its holes, and the pin F, having a neck formed upon it, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN MENAHAN. Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWICK. 

